Music lessons and intelligence: A relation mediated by executive functions

Music Perception

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 195-201

  Degé, Franziska ^a   Kubicek, Claudia ^a   Schwarzer, Gudrun ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Children and music; Cognitive development; Executive functions; Intelligence; Music lessons

Indexed keywords

EID: 81855206261     PISSN: 07307829     EISSN: 15338312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/mp.2011.29.2.195     Document Type: Article

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